Those estimates show the increase could cost homeowners $115.20 per year on every $200,000 of a home’s value. A commercial business valued at $1 million would have seen property taxes increase by $2,320 per year.

Greeley-Evans School District 6 school board members started gearing up Monday night for another attempt to get voters to approve a property tax increase aimed at bolstering school funding.

However, the district might ask voter to consider a lower tax rate this time around because of increasing property values.

On the heels of last year's failed $12 million-per-year mill levy override ballot question, board members talked Monday night during their work session about potential strategies and goals should the district choose to try again this year.

The latest property value assessments in Greeley went up 20 to 30 percent, said Superintendent Deirdre Pilch. The latest estimates show District 6 could generate $11.7 million in revenue with an 8 mill tax increase, she said. Last year the district needed to ask voters for a 10.34 mill increase in hopes of generating $12 million per year. That tax hike would have cost homeowners $168 per year on a $200,000 home. An 8 mill increase would cost a homeowner $115.20 per year on a $200,000 home.

Draft documents indicate any new mill levy override campaign would focus on the same major priorities as last year's ballot question. The district's last attempt, Ballot Issue 3A, promised to update technology resources, textbooks and buses, while boosting support staff salaries to aid retention efforts.

It's all but official that District 6 will ask voters for a mill levy override come this November election.

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To make it official, board members need to vote before the end of August to formally pursue the tax increase.

Already, board members Terri Pappas and Julia Richard have started work through a campaign planning committee to spread the word and build a campaign for the November election. Pilch has indicated her support.

If voters had passed the mill levy override last year, it would have ended in seven years unless voters decided to re-approve it at that time.

District officials described the loss — the second such defeat for the district in seven years — as heartbreaking.

In 2009, the district pushed for a mill levy override, but their efforts failed; voters shot down that measure 66 percent to 34 percent.

Going into the election last year, Greeley-Evans School District 6 was the largest school district in Colorado without a voter-approved mill levy override. It also was the only Weld County school district without an override.

Those estimates show the increase could cost homeowners $115.20 per year on every $200,000 of a home’s value. A commercial business valued at $1 million would have seen property taxes increase by $2,320 per year.